4 March 9, 2023
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The Riverside City College Art Gallery holds a reception for The Fabulous Faculty Exhibit March 2 for students, faculty and guests to observe various artworks and mingle.
Art exhibit leaves many inspired
Faculty, local artists showcase work students to have these kinds of exposures to art, “for JOHN MICHAEL students to see what their art GUERRERO professors do.” MULTIMEDIA EDITOR He said that a significant component of holding receptions is meant to benefit T h e R i v e r s i d e C i t y aspiring artisans and students College Art Gallery held a within the community. reception March 2 to display The opportunity to mingle faculty and local artists’ with others and discuss the works. various mediums of arts The reception allowed allows for student growth and students, RCC faculty and inspiration. the community to observe This is further echoed by a n d m i n g l e w i t h o n e Brenda Mesillas, a studio arts another. major at RCC. A live display of “(The art reception) can Humberto Reynoso’s piece help motivate people to find also took place midway new hobbies or even change through the reception, with their major,” she said. the model wearing the metal Mesillas said the event artwork. has inspired her to eventually Gallery coordinator and become part of a future art co-curator Matthew Luther reception and mingle with said it is important for fellow artists from the Inland
Empire. “It is important to see what the faculty do in their professional careers,” Mollia Ong, a professor for the RCC art department, said. “(Art) is not just about the quality of the work, but also how different each faculty is and the different places their work would apply to. Instructional arts specialist for the fine and performing arts department, Joey Smigh, elaborates further that the art gallery serves not only the students of RCC, but the wider IE artist community. “The important part of being an art student is having some conception of what their professors are working on,” Smigh said. “It serves as an inspiration for some of them.” ABOVE Humberto Reynoso wears his artwork "Neurasthenia" during The Fabulous Faculty Exhibit reception March 2. BELOW A student observes various art works on the March 2 Fabulous Faculty art exhibit while enjoying food provided by the event.